A WIYOT-KARUK POLYCHROME TWINED HAT. Elizabeth Hickox. c. 1905...

Description

A WIYOT-KARUK POLYCHROME TWINED HAT
Elizabeth Hickox
c. 1905
tightly woven of maidenhair fern and pale yellow-dyed porcupine quills over a hazel and conifer root foundation, with half-twist overlay design of serrated elements on the exterior, old tag attached on the interior, inscribed EH 350

This lot is accompanied by a letter of deaccession from the Favell Museum and a letter of attribution from Marvin Cohodas.

Provenance:
Favell Museum of Western Art and Artifacts, Klamath Falls, OR
Dr. H. H. Stewart, Eureka, CA

Diameter: 7 inches


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